Research Productivity of Social Scientists in Tamilnadu State Universities: A Bibliometric Study

Abstract

Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessment. Bibliometric indicators are strongly methodology-dependent but for all of them, various types of data normalization are an indispensable requirement. This paper attempts to analyze the social science research output in Tamil Nadu state universities, as reflected in 2198 publication output covered by Scopus online database during 2001-2017. 1192 Publications (54.23%) has produced by Anna University followed by Annamalai University with 232 (10.56%), University of Madras with 189(8.60%). 50% Universities not yet reached 100 Publications. Totally 3405 authors were contributed. Among those highest productivity authors were ranked according to their publications. The analysis covers mainly the research productivity of State Universities, Preferred journals for published by scholars, highly productive authors, highly cited papers and degree of Collaboration co-efficient of State Universities.